Nora found the unfamiliar man before her strange, though she only felt that he looked a little like her father.
Barry revealed his identity at once, watching his mother die in unbearable grief.
Zhang Tianran stood quietly to one side, but after thinking it over again and again, he still said nothing.
In truth, there was still a way to save Barry's mother.
After all, completely changing the timeline would have an enormous impact. But if the flow of the world was left unchanged and something was merely taken away quietly, it would not amount to much.
For instance, Zhang Tianran's Time Ship, or Barry revealing his true identity to Nora now.
Although there was a way, Zhang Tianran had no intention of changing anything. He felt that even if she were saved, perhaps it would not only be Barry's father whom Zoom killed.
At that point, it would be difficult to predict what the Flash would do after losing both parents again.
An out-of-control Barry had a chance of becoming Savitar.
Honestly, if Barry had not been a Speedster, Zhang Tianran would have been quite willing to help him save his mother...
But a Speedster who could not control his own actions? Better not. It would be troublesome if the timeline changed too much and affected him.
It was worth mentioning that when Barry's mother was killed, there were not many Flashes here, because there were two methods of traveling into the past with the Speed Force.
The first was naturally to travel directly into the past. At that time, two identical people would appear at the same point in time.
The second was to completely alter the timeline. Just as when Barry traveled through time for the first time, there was only one Barry Allen in the entire time point.
Altering a timeline and traveling through time were two entirely different matters, so there would not be a situation where a crowd of Flashes stood outside the house when Barry's mother died.
After saying farewell to his mother, fury flashed in Barry Allen's eyes as he returned to the future...
Yet for some reason, Zhang Tianran did not leave with Barry.
"A one-way ticket... That really isn't very considerate." Zhang Tianran complained helplessly, but he did not immediately return to the future.
Since he had come to his own past, Zhang Tianran did not want to leave so quickly. It would be good to prepare certain things early, so he would not have to worry about being affected by the timeline of the past.
In any case, he had to return to the future himself. No matter how long he stayed here, he could return to that fixed point in time.
Besides, Zhang Tianran had something he had always wanted to do, but had never actually done.
"Eobard Thawne, Reverse-Flash! Having lost the Speed Force and being trapped here must feel terrible, right?" After searching for a while, Zhang Tianran finally found the Reverse-Flash of the past.
"A Speedster? What do you want from me..." Eobard Thawne froze for a moment, and an involuntary trace of delight appeared in his eyes.
He doesn't know me? It seemed his guess had been correct. Zhang Tianran understood at once and noticed the delight in the Reverse-Flash's eyes.
A smile curled at Zhang Tianran's lips as he suddenly said, "Do you need me to send you back to the future? But the future you originally came from seems to no longer exist."
Eobard Thawne was stunned, then immediately understood. He hurriedly activated the Gideon he carried with him and began searching the future...
But... the future he found had already changed. There was no trace of the Flash on any display.
"Impossible. If the Speed Force disappeared, how could you still be here?" Eobard Thawne found it hard to believe.
"Only this world's Speed Force has disappeared. So, do you want me to take you back to the future?" A faint smile appeared on Zhang Tianran's lips as he teased the Reverse-Flash before him.
Without the Speed Force, the Reverse-Flash was merely an ordinary person from the future.
At first, the Reverse-Flash was indeed somewhat flustered.
But he quickly calmed down, immediately analyzed the situation, and made his next plan.
"It is because the Flash disappeared. It seems I need to make the Flash appear in order to... What do you want?" The Reverse-Flash had figured out the situation, but the first thing he needed to deal with was the Speedster before him.
"This is really boring. As expected, smart people won't fall for it. Honestly, I was actually looking forward to you giving up the Speed Force." Zhang Tianran shook his head, slightly disappointed.
If the Reverse-Flash had truly been able to give up the Speed Force, then he could have carefully planned out his future. But that seemed a little too much to hope for...
The Reverse-Flash frowned, unable to determine the purpose or identity of the person before him.
"My identity is simple. I'm merely your adopted son from the future. I won't say much else. There will come a day when we cooperate in the future." Zhang Tianran no longer concealed anything and spoke directly.
"Oh, and regarding your next identity..."
Conversation between two smart people was naturally very concise.
After the Reverse-Flash grasped the general situation, he acted very amicably and patiently accepted the clone Wells that Zhang Tianran had created.
As for the original Wells couple, Zhang Tianran safely sent them to another world.
With Wells's intelligence and the large amount of future technology Zhang Tianran had left behind, the couple should live very well there.
Of course, to prevent the Reverse-Flash from doing anything to his past self, Zhang Tianran patiently left behind one of Zero's backup robots to protect his past self.
"At last, everything can be explained. One problem has been solved, and next... Forget it, I should go back!" Zhang Tianran hesitated for a long time before ultimately deciding not to go to the point in time when he had first traveled to this world.
Perhaps it was fear. At this moment, Zhang Tianran truly did not dare to investigate such a matter.
And besides, he was a little worried.
What if I'm the mastermind behind it all?
So, it was better to wait a little longer. Until he possessed enough strength, or enough courage.
After traveling back to the future, Barry was being pinned to the ground and brutally beaten by the Reverse-Flash.
Honestly, Zhang Tianran truly could not understand it.
After making such a huge decision and taking such a great risk, why not simply let the Reverse-Flash return to the future?
It would have been one thing not to let the Reverse-Flash leave after coming back, but they had even destroyed his time machine.
It would be fine if they could beat him, but they could not!
Of course, Zhang Tianran was speaking without knowing the pain. If it had been him, he probably would not have been able to remain calm either.
There were some things one truly had no right to comment on without experiencing them personally.
Yet it was precisely Barry's impulsive action that caused the Reverse-Flash to lose the chance to steal Barry's Speed Force when returning to the future.
That was right. If the Reverse-Flash had successfully returned to the future through the spacetime gate Barry created, then during the journey, the Reverse-Flash could have connected with Barry's Speed Force and seized it.
Barry might not have died after losing the Speed Force, but he certainly would have suffered terribly.
A gunshot rang out, and the surroundings instantly fell silent...
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